I first caught “Dallas” on the old black-and-white TV in my University of Pennsylvania dorm room when it premiered in the 1977-1978 TV season. It was the TV sensation of the year and set the stage for …

An MNN.com blogger posed the question of whether or not “fracking” should be renamed after a Louisiana State University study found that people were less likely to support the process when it was referred to by the “fracking” nickname. …

“Hamm, a billionaire oilman and energy adviser to his campaign, has urged the government to maintain wasteful subsidies for the big oil and gas companies and actively pushed to keep energy prices high,” Obama says. …

“The fact that Dr. Armendariz was just blocks away and still refused to testify at our hearing raises even more questions. If he had time on his schedule to meet with the Sierra Club, it is even less clear why he was unable to fulfill his prior commitment to testify,” said Rep. Fred Upton. …

“Two years ago, President Obama was here to tout this building and this business as a symbol of the success of his stimulus,” says Romney. “Well you can see that it’s a symbol of something very different today. It’s a symbol not of success, but of failure.” …

The article, which was published in the Houston Chronicle yesterday, found that the EPA went after oil and gas producers in greater numbers under former President George W. Bush than in the years under President Barack Obama. The statistics are in direct conflict with Republican complaints the Obama administration has been “overzealous” in its enforcement of regulations. …

“This is not the kind of building that is built with private enterprise,” Romney said, standing in front of the firm’s closed headquarters on Highway 880 graced by a large “For Sale” sign. With Solyndra — which received a $528 million federal loan before it closed abruptly in 2011 — “taxpayers got stuck with losing half a billion dollars” in the deal, he said. Romney called the building “the symbol of serious conflict of interest” by Obama officials involved in what he called “crony capitalism.” …